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I know I'm sure to catch a good bit of flak here, but this really is how I see it.
Professional football is a business and with the salary cap in effect, a team has to be looking to get more out of each player than what they are really paying for. Franchising Dansby the past two years wasn't nearly as integral to our success IMO as were the low costs for high value guys like Boldin, Dockett, Hightower, Breaston, Campbell (this year) and Gandy (last year).
There are 3 premium positions in this league IMO. By premium I mean positions that you can afford to overpay for because the service that is brought back in return is more than worth it, the positions are the most vital ones to success in this game and great players at these positions are hard to come by. Those positions are QB, LT and a passrusher (whether it be a DE, LB or UT/3-4DE). It is hard to really put a price on what these guys do for your club. Warner made top dollar this year but I doubt you can find anyone on this planet (other than a Mr Matt Leinart) who thinks the team could have made it to the second round of the playoffs without him. Warner's value exceeds his paycheck.
Aside from those three positions I believe you can have 2-3 other guys on your team who you can afford to really pair "fair market value". That normally means you're overpaying a bit because crap teams overvalue good players. These players are leaders of your team and exemplify what you want to your players to be like, on and off the field. Not only do they produce, but they show your young players how to get where they are. Examples of this on out team are Fitz and A-Dub. Boldin obviously fits this criteria as well but because he signed a poor deal a few years ago (and possibly patially because the team franchised Dansby?), he isn't currently paid like the other two.
Dansby must be looking for around 9-10 a year, almost what Kurt is making. Unless he all of the sudden learns how to consistently rush the passer, practice or starts making players out of one of his young defensemen, there is just no way to justify giving him the coin. All of our other premier players' value exceeds their salary in one way or another. We wouldn't be able to hope for more than Dansby to earn his money, because at this point in his career we know to expect from him.
Professional football is a business and with the salary cap in effect, a team has to be looking to get more out of each player than what they are really paying for. Franchising Dansby the past two years wasn't nearly as integral to our success IMO as were the low costs for high value guys like Boldin, Dockett, Hightower, Breaston, Campbell (this year) and Gandy (last year).
There are 3 premium positions in this league IMO. By premium I mean positions that you can afford to overpay for because the service that is brought back in return is more than worth it, the positions are the most vital ones to success in this game and great players at these positions are hard to come by. Those positions are QB, LT and a passrusher (whether it be a DE, LB or UT/3-4DE). It is hard to really put a price on what these guys do for your club. Warner made top dollar this year but I doubt you can find anyone on this planet (other than a Mr Matt Leinart) who thinks the team could have made it to the second round of the playoffs without him. Warner's value exceeds his paycheck.
Aside from those three positions I believe you can have 2-3 other guys on your team who you can afford to really pair "fair market value". That normally means you're overpaying a bit because crap teams overvalue good players. These players are leaders of your team and exemplify what you want to your players to be like, on and off the field. Not only do they produce, but they show your young players how to get where they are. Examples of this on out team are Fitz and A-Dub. Boldin obviously fits this criteria as well but because he signed a poor deal a few years ago (and possibly patially because the team franchised Dansby?), he isn't currently paid like the other two.
Dansby must be looking for around 9-10 a year, almost what Kurt is making. Unless he all of the sudden learns how to consistently rush the passer, practice or starts making players out of one of his young defensemen, there is just no way to justify giving him the coin. All of our other premier players' value exceeds their salary in one way or another. We wouldn't be able to hope for more than Dansby to earn his money, because at this point in his career we know to expect from him.
